Post by Kiwi Frontline on May 12, 2020 4:10:02 GMT 12
MĀORI SEEK IDEAS ON AOTEAROA'S FUTURE AFTER PANDEMIC
The Iwi Chairs Forum is launching a campaign today encouraging people to share their vision for New Zealand post-Covid-19.
Ngāti Kahu leader Professor Margaret Mutu is leading the campaign and says the pandemic has given the country an opportunity to re-imagine its future.
"Covid-19 has given us the opportunity to pause and reflect on how we would like to be as a nation. We have a special chance to build a country based on our shared values," she said.
"That's about our constitution and constitutions should come out of communities not governments. Why would iwi leaders be interested in community vision? Iwi leaders have always worked with communities in creating future pathways as demonstrated in the 1835 Declaration of Independence and Te Tiriti o Waitangi 1840......
www.rnz.co.nz/news/te-manu-korihi/416278/maori-seek-ideas-on-aotearoa-s-future-after-pandemic
The Iwi Chairs Forum is launching a campaign today encouraging people to share their vision for New Zealand post-Covid-19.
Ngāti Kahu leader Professor Margaret Mutu is leading the campaign and says the pandemic has given the country an opportunity to re-imagine its future.
"Covid-19 has given us the opportunity to pause and reflect on how we would like to be as a nation. We have a special chance to build a country based on our shared values," she said.
"That's about our constitution and constitutions should come out of communities not governments. Why would iwi leaders be interested in community vision? Iwi leaders have always worked with communities in creating future pathways as demonstrated in the 1835 Declaration of Independence and Te Tiriti o Waitangi 1840......
www.rnz.co.nz/news/te-manu-korihi/416278/maori-seek-ideas-on-aotearoa-s-future-after-pandemic